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About: Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit organization based out in New York, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Human rights & Population. The organization has 71 authors who have published 126 publications receiving 4677 citations. The organization is also known as: HRW.
Topics: Human rights, Population, Public health, Government, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
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TL;DR: The aim of this study was to provide evidence that palliative care and pain relief research should be considered as a continuum of treatment for patients with life-threatening illnesses.
683 citations
TL;DR: It is believed that abstinence-only education programs, as defined by federal funding requirements, are morally problematic, by withholding information and promoting questionable and inaccurate opinions.
548 citations
TL;DR: The model indicates that decreasing the incarceration rate in people who inject drugs and providing opioid agonist therapy could reduce the burden of HIV in this population of prisoners.
455 citations
Columbia University1, University of Malaya2, Yale University3, Central European University4, Johns Hopkins University5, RTI International6, University of California, San Francisco7, University of British Columbia8, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas9, University of California, San Diego10, University of the Andes11, Human Rights Watch12, University of Uyo13, University of Bristol14, Charles University in Prague15
TL;DR: The Johns Hopkins-Lancet Commission on Drug Policy and Health as mentioned in this paper examined the emerging scientific evidence on public health issues arising from drug control policy and to inform and encourage a central focus on health evidence and outcomes in drug-policy debates, such as the important deliberations of the 2016 UNGASS on drugs.
365 citations
TL;DR: Significant barriers to effective pain treatment include the failure of many governments to put in place functioning drug supply systems; the failure to enact policies on pain treatment and palliative care; poor training of healthcare workers; the existence of unnecessarily restrictive drug control regulations and practices.
Abstract: Background: Almost five decades ago, governments around the world adopted the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs which, in addition to addressing the control of illicit narcotics, obligated countries to work towards universal access to the narcotic drugs necessary to alleviate pain and suffering. Yet, despite the existence of inexpensive and effective pain relief medicines, tens of millions of people around the world continue to suffer from moderate to severe pain each year without treatment. Discussion: Significant barriers to effective pain treatment include: the failure of many governments to put in place functioning drug supply systems; the failure to enact policies on pain treatment and palliative care; poor training of healthcare workers; the existence of unnecessarily restrictive drug control regulations and practices; fear among healthcare workers of legal sanctions for legitimate medical practice; and the inflated cost of pain treatment. These barriers can be understood not only as a failure to provide essential medicines and relieve suffering but also as human rights abuses. Summary: According to international human rights law, countries have to provide pain treatment medications as part of their core obligations under the right to health; failure to take reasonable steps to ensure that people who suffer pain have access to adequate pain treatment may result in the violation of the obligation to protect against cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
261 citations
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph J Amon | 29 | 101 | 3214 |
| Liz Gwyther | 22 | 63 | 1904 |
| Frank Brennan | 20 | 105 | 2692 |
| Katherine Todrys | 9 | 12 | 241 |
| Rebecca Schleifer | 9 | 13 | 1071 |
| Diederik Lohman | 8 | 15 | 788 |
| Jonathan Cohen | 4 | 5 | 128 |
| Jane E. Cohen | 4 | 4 | 139 |
| Amanda M. Klasing | 4 | 5 | 50 |
| Bethany Brown | 4 | 8 | 55 |
| Jamie Fellner | 4 | 5 | 185 |
| Margaret Wurth | 3 | 3 | 56 |
| Kenneth Roth | 3 | 3 | 86 |
| Tony Tate | 3 | 3 | 130 |
| Megan McLemore | 3 | 4 | 105 |